It all kicks off with Shredder (played by William Fichtner and minus his outfit) telling journalist April O'Neil (Megan Fox) about how crime has ravaged their city.

Over a series of images we catch glimpses of Shredder's army, The Foot, who are sporting VERY different masks to the ninja-style headwear we saw in the cartoon and the 90's films.

Hinting that Shredder was responsible for creating the mutant turtles, shots of the city being destroyed show how Transformers director Michael Bay has injected his own brand of epic destruction into the franchise.

Shredder is seen looking at his legendary costume and then we finally see the heroes in a half-shell in the flesh.

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